St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-08

LORD ana Master, we Will find, indeed,
that all things are added to us. | used
to be worried about what should eat !:
L was mighty particular, too, what |
should eat; / used to be worried about
what clothes | wore. | have worn worse
clothes in the pulpit since | have been
IN minneapolis than ever | have worn
before when | was a sinner, and when |
was sinner | was a dandy, in the eX-
preston OF the boy. / wanted the best
clothes that could be made, and | used
to change them mighty often, too, and
when you saw me sometimes coming
down the street | was sight. Mighty
particular what / wore, and very par
ticular about all these things. My whole
time and attention was taken up in
getting something | could spend for
pleasures and for enjoyments, and the
pampering of my body and the gratifica-
ton of my appetite. A good deal of
argument went on in my mind
from time to time on the subject of
religion. | would sometimes get to that
good example, my father was moral
man, and finally died a religious man.
And the judge of the court was one of
the COOLEST men l ever saw Che was my
judge in the court where / held official
position), and | sat under him day after
day for years and years, under two of
tnem,. one Judge under whom | first
went into official life with, and who re-
manned for six years and the other four;
was ten years under the most gOdly
man that ever sat upon the bench in
this country. One was Baptist leader
in his church, the other a. Methodist
class leader and Sunday school teacher,
and they were gOdly men, upright in
fhnir Euac Il IT,
according to Jesus Christ. | used to sit
bitterness of my heart and think if /
could be as good and upright as these
men would be the happiest man on
earth, and then the question came up,
II you get to be religious at all you will
have to
GO TO PREACHING:
you know all the years that your
mother prayed and dedicated you for
that at the altar when baby, and that
would get in my way. | would say, l
have got big family, and have got to
keep things moving, and if l get to be
religious how can make money enough
to get something to eat and wear, and
got worried and bothered Oh that, and
finally said my safest course is to go
ahead; | have q good thing now and
hCCD dt II. tCll yOu
though when the Holy Cost got a hold
of me and got me up to the foot of the
cross and unloaded that terrible bur-
den of sin and the peace of God came
upon me, as l have told you last Sun
day, l arose, and the anxiety about
what | was to eat and drink and wear
left me entirely. l dedicated my whole
life to Christ although l did not know
what was to do or where l was to go.
/ thought | would get along for the
present. and just attend to my duties in
the day time and i'll the evening | would
run around to any church or any mis-
sion room that was open and do some
thing for the Lord God Almighty. The
second night l preached in Grace
church and the fourth night over at
Grace church again, and Sam Jones
then telegraphed for me to come to
preached Saturday and Sunday, and in
fact was
ABSOLUTELY Overwhelmed
so that | did not know what to do. But
it seemed to me it was the hand of God
L went to the judge of the court and
he said: go ahead, you need not bother
about the place here" He held it for
me two months and put substitute in.
| went off and done the beStI could, and
the first thing knew | had writteni my
resignation and resigned my place; /
had quit. had no trouble nor haven't
had any trouble since. | have had
enough to eat and frequently too much
ever since have been travelling around
l have had plenty to wear, such as it
was. l don't know of anything extra: l
don't want one of these check coats and
white plug hats with big, broad band
a. md oil tl,nt Af +l,f,
l used to go and fool around base ball
grounds and race courses and look like
al won't say what-but now can get
along first rate. / am not afraid but
what will have clothes enough to wear
and plenty to eat and drink, of the kind
L drink now. | am getting along first
rate, land have found it true, "If We seek
first the kingdom of God and His right
eOusneSS, all these things shall be added
unto YOU" Ever hear of the coroner
holding an inquest over starved
Christian? He stated, starved to death
because he was a Christian. That was
the verdict. That is not so. God isrnot
slack concerning his promises, and he
says that righteousness shall neither
hunger nor thirst, and even extends it
to the children of the righteous. And
the pSalmiSt says, am old, but | have
never seen the righteous begging bread,
and he goes on and says the seed of the
enemy, the adversary of their soul. He
goes further and says, The seed of the
righteous shall be mighty-shall inherit
power OH the earth. And it has been
true through history. If you will read
history. The psalmist says, ''They shall
be mighty and inherit the EARTH" and
they are going on cOnquering it day
after day. They shall be mighty and
inherit the earth. And best of all. he
says, "They shall be established"
Where established? Here, so that the
devil cannot overthrow them. They
shall be established at last in the king
dom of their father and live with him
there forever.
GOD PROMISES GREAT THINGS
to the righteous. You want long life
and health and prosperity, successful
these things. / can go back and take
them from David, and Solomon, and
Christ, and Isaiah and show you where
God has promised that the righteous
shall have all these things. Some peO-
pie look out over congregations and
see great many gray headed Chris
tianS. 1t leads the unthinking and
superficial mind to say, 'religi0n is IL
good thing; when a. fellow is old and
about to die he had better get religion;
he thinks it is best then to get religion.
I expect it is 4 good thing to get when
you die" They have got up false no.
ton around this country that the
churches arc filled up with feeQlc
minded women and old fathers and
mothers about to step off into eternity
and have sort of hedged on eternity by
getting religion: That is not SO. You
ncI- fhaca rrn1- huiraI man IN, nny oor,
sre gre to stand u up and l. say a,' When
they were converted to COX, and you
will find that most of them were COZ
yerted a long time before their hair got
gray. They arc gray haired because
they IRE religious, and lot religious be-
cause they arc gray haired. That is ;ile
truth of it.